mr. francis. appreciate that. it's -- i want on just update our viewers because some people may just be tuning in, if you are, we are following breaking news here on cnn. there's been a major catastrophe in san francisco at the international airport where a large commercial plane has crash landed at that airport. 291 people on board that plane. we don't know exactly the extent of the injuries, if any. 290 aboard people on that plane. 16 crew members or as they say in seoul, they're telling us, they call them staff members. we call them crew members here in the u.s. they say staff members on board this asiana airlines flight 214. again, that's according to a spokesperson at the international airport in seoul, south korea. some of the pictures that we're getting in now are from people who were fleeing that plane as it was burning, as it was on fire. many of them we are told made it to safety, and, again, we don't know, again, exactly the extent of the injuries, if there are any. we are getting a confirmed report, th

francis. we've been talking to you and to mr. -- dr. curtis here about the people who are fanned out across the air field still looking for debris although two of the runways at the airport have been reopened. >> well, the debris is going to be on the territory of the runway that we have. the runways are separated by water. so the debris from this aircraft will not be in a position to interfere with operations on the other runways that they've opened. >> okay. so mr. curtis, dr. curtis i should say, the runways that are opened he says are far enough away where it won't disturb this but there is a lot of blowing and big engines and to reopen this quickly some people may question that. >> well, the san francisco airport has a layout with two parallel runways that cross each other like a giant x. where the debris was it stopped short of where they cross. so it's conceivable they can open up the two crossing runways without even being close to the debris field. depending on the weather conditions, aircraft size, etcetera, they could be well

prior to arriving at francis scott key, mr. wong served as principal at daniel webster elementary school for about eight years and as a former school principal at the elementary middle and high school level since 1989. mr. wong's work shows his commitment to education. he has worked as a special education teacher in hong kong, chinese bilingual teacher at golden gate elementary school and sfusd [speaker not understood]. under his leadership at francis scott key it earned california title 1 achievement eight times, 2001, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. [speaker not understood] he has increased student enrollment. mr. wong was also selected adds one of two principals by the assistant superintendent in 1998 to serve as a principal mentor and he has actually continued to provide that mentor ship to many other principals for the past 15 years. and in 2011 mr. wong received the mayor's principal of the year award. so, i could go on and on about all of mr. wong's accomplishments, but what i think is actually more fascinating is the level of

mr. francis is talking about.t as someone who appears white and not be hassled by police. doesn't mean that white people never get hassled by police, but it says that statistically we are less likely to be hassled by police. and that plays out in so many other places, not just in our every day small-time situations. but in the criminal justice system, in the education system. if are you trying to get a loan from the bank, trying to buy a house, all of these things play into this relationship between people in this country. i think it is really, really important for white people in particular to understand that. >> gentlemen, thank you very much for your time. justin francis, really good to meet you and see you in person. kyle, great to have you on. thanks for your powerful thoughts. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me today. i'll see you later -- i'm actually going on vacation so i'll see you in a couple of weeks but joining the show is going to be senator patrick leahy and senator john yarmuth. today, we'd

mr. chair, my name is francis coand as you can see on this very important topic, not one of the commissioners here had anything to say. i think that's great and it's great because as the mayor says right now we have 35 cranes up in the air and that's con /skwrepbgs congestion all over the city. but if you go in localize edd places, people are died so what [inaudible] timelines to fix that? anyone can have a plan, anyone can have a blueprint, but who has the leadership to do the right thing? i don't see one of ya'll go to this places and do something [inaudible] not five years from now. five years from now six or /sefpbl people seven people will die at [inaudible]. five years from now 20 people will die on cargo way. five years from now maybe 50 people will die on 19th avenue and not one of ya'll had anything to say because you love these grand plans. , but who's going to actually [inaudible]. i'd like to know. thank you. >> thank you. anybody else like to comment on this item? seeing none, closing public comment. >> director's report, this is an information item. >> i'm maria, executive direc

mr. blitzer. >>> happening now, an extraordinary news conference. pope francismaking some remarkable comments about gays and women. we're talking about a reporter who was on the plane. also, hillary clinton pay as social visit to the white house. that's not the only special access she's getting to the president. plus, some kind of stomach bug is out there across the united states and spreading quickly. stand by for what you need to know about this mystery illness. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we begin with today's truly unbelievable moment for the papacy and cli

mr. wong, i also want to call really quickly dianne lau yee at [speaker not understood], and [speaker not understood], francis scott key parent who -- i know they're surprised, but i have a few words for you. >> my name is susie loftus [speaker not understood]. my husband and i were doing the tours and anxious to figure out whether or not we could make public schoolwork for our family, exactly what supervisor tang explained. we walked into this tiny school in the outer sunset and met this man, mr. wong, who was sitting in a very modest office. doesn't even have a vice principal, even though there's 500 students. so, he can use that money to actually fund literacy programs. and he took us on a tour. it's only two months in the school year and a little boy didn't have his jacket. he called the boy out by name and walks him back into the classroom and takes his jacket. walks us around the school. and you know, the best thing about mr. wong, there are so many things, but you know how he improved all those api scores and the litany of successes he had? he told my husband and i on that day, you know, it's every chi

mr. guroden was -- snowden was on the plane earlier in week when it was denied european access. to be his predecessors declared saints by pope francis. the vatican recently credited john paul ii with the performance of a miracle, a development that clears his path to sainthood. the syrian rebel fighter who provoked outrage and horror when pictures emerged of him eating body parts of a boston soldier has told the bbc he had to do it so terrify and humiliate his enis -- enemies. he's the leader of a group of swivelians who stand accused of killing. a warning, this report contains very disturbing images and content. >> sierra has been a brutal and brutalizing conflict. the rebels have been fighting like this for two years. desperate, often one-sided battle. one of the very first men to take up arms has earned a terrible notoriety. abu sakar is known as the cannibal rebel. not a far fetchled claim. he stands over a fallen enemy slicing into the body. we will eat your hearts and your livers, he declares. ritual bite. a this was a depraveled act against men's law, against god's law. are you sorry that you did it? i didn't want to do this.

mr. blitzer. >>> happening now, an extraordinary news conference. pope francis making some remarkable comments about gays and women. we're talking about a reporter who was on the plane. also, hillary clinton pay as social visit to the white house. that's not the only special access she's getting to the president. plus, some kind of stomach bug is out there across the united states and spreading quickly. stand by for what you need to know about this mystery illness. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we begin with today's truly unbelievable moment for the papacy and catholic church. during today's plane ride back from brazil, pope francis met with reporters for a long, unscripted and very, very canned it news conference. the pope's remark about gay, huge news out there. let's go to matthew chance. he's in london. he's got all the details. matthew, tell our viewers what happened. >> reporter: wolf, thanks very much. remember that pope francis has only been in office for less than five months and he's really working hard to bolster this persona tha

mr. mandela was hospitalized with a lung infection but his condition is, quote, steadily improving. pope francisas an opera for is seven million twitter followers. if they cannot travel to brazil to join him for world use the day, the process will grant indulgences for purgatory. if they follow the events through his twitter feet. now back to lori rothman. lori: at let's get a break. and chuckling at that one. treasury yields are higher here on positive economic data on three street days and the head of global reddick strategy says u.s. volumes will stay flat and will rise, so let's start your terms and there was an option treasury that scream out strong and pushing rates higher. >> it was a tough time selling his of relief for better performance. and most investors have not been worried about inflation. if they are not worried about inflation don't want to buy inflation when securities so the lack of interest has dissipated so you see a better demand for tips over the last couple days but it has been a roller coaster ride so much of time for the market. lori: is about market balance, not necess

mr. rokita: he said on nume -- he sat on numerous boards including the st. francis hospital, the chicago public library, chicago public charities and one of my alma maters in indiana. he also developed real estate probablies across the country, including lake point tower in chicago, united nations plaza in new york, william center in tulsa, oklahoma, and the sentry city in los angeles. he was a family man who has s survived by his loving -- who is survived by his loving wife, four children, 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. he was a man truly committed to his family, his community, his catholic faith and his country. america is a better nation because of bill hartnet and i'm lucky to know his family, his best achievement. he will be truly missed, madam speaker. thank you and rest in peace, mr. hartnet. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise to express my

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